Hans BosSenior Vice President

February 1, 2015American Institutes for Research

P-12

Research and methodology

School reform

Technology and learning

Johannes “Hans” M. Bos is a senior vice president at American
Institutes for Research. He is a nationally recognized expert in
the conduct of randomized control trials in education and other
areas of social policy research. Since 1992 he has conducted
numerous evaluations and policy studies in education, child
development, welfare reform and labor policy. In recent years his
work has also included evaluation of health reform programs,
literacy programs in middle and lower-income countries and
programs to improve the process of teacher recruitment, hiring
and induction. At AIR, Bos is responsible for quality assurance
and project review procedures. He also serves as principal
investigator on several ongoing research and evaluation studies.
Bos earned his doctorate at New York University’s Robert F.
Wagner School of Public Service, where he also taught statistics,
financial management and program evaluation. He has published in
Evaluation Review, the Journal of Human Resources and Child
Development. Bos serves as an external peer reviewer for the U.S.
Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences’
Standards and Review Office.